Alphabet of tales : an English 15th century translation of the Alphabetum narrationum of Etienne de Besançon, from Additional MS. 25,719 of the British Museum / by Etienne de Besançon
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Alphabet of tales : an English 15th century translation of the Alphabetum narrationum of Etienne de Besançon, from Additional MS. 25,719 of the British Museum / by Etienne de Besançon
Author
Etienne de, Besançon, d. 1294
Editor
Banks, Mary Macleod
Publication
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., Ltd.
1904, 1905
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"Alphabet of tales : an English 15th century translation of the Alphabetum narrationum of Etienne de Besançon, from Additional MS. 25,719 of the British Museum / by Etienne de Besançon." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AlphTales. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2025.
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DCLXXXIV. Risus. Ridere non debent habentes oculum ad
iudicium vltimum.
We rede in 'Vitis Patrum,' how on̛ a tyme ane olde man̛
saw a yong man̛ lagℏ, & he said vnto hym̛;
"Son̛, how may þou fynd̛ in þi herte to
lagℏ? Mon̛ not þou & I & we aƚƚ
befor̛ bothe hevyn̛ and ertℏ gyf a rekynyng of aƚƚ
our lyfe? And þerfor̛ me mervels," he said̛, "at
þow may fynde in þi harte to lagℏ."
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